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- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Shane Ross: It is not unreasonable but we would want to be pretty sure that the population would increase.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Shane Ross: Yes, of course it is, but we do not want to put up a big white elephant and find that nobody wants to move to Drogheda. We cannot do that.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Shane Ross: Yes. That is why investment is linked to spatial strategies. I am in agreement with the Deputy.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Shane Ross: The importance of sport should not be underestimated. It is vital.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Shane Ross: I accept what the Deputy is saying, if we can say where the population is going.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Shane Ross: No.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Shane Ross: Before the summer recess, I hope.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Shane Ross: I hope so, yes.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Shane Ross: It is nearing the last of its stages. I have a draft of it. It should be done before the summer recess. I would be amazed if it was not.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Shane Ross: The tourism action-----
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Shane Ross: Currently.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Shane Ross: There was a date. I will have to come back to the Deputy on that.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Shane Ross: Yes.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Shane Ross: I think the tourism action plan is due in a couple of weeks, or maybe two or three weeks. It is a new draft. Regarding Brexit, these tourist figures are a very curious thing. In a sense they are defying gravity at the moment. They are fantastic. The figures for the first two months of this year were up 7.9% on last year, despite what is happening as a result of Brexit, and despite the...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Shane Ross: I agree with the Deputy. The appointment has been made and the decision has been taken. Fingal County Council will be made the competent authority and An Bord Pleanála will be the appeals mechanism. The primary legislation will be introduced as soon as possible. I hope that we will have that ready by the end of the year.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Shane Ross: We will get an update on that.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Shane Ross: It should be. The Deputy is quite right. I thought it was, actually. I am sorry. It may not happen within 12 months. It may not happen this year, I am told, but my ambition is to get at least the heads of the Bill this year.
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Legislation (18 Apr 2018)
Shane Ross: Motor tax, insurance and NCT discs are required to be displayed on a vehicle being used in a public place. Use includes leaving a vehicle stationary. There are no plans to review these requirements. The Cost of Insurance Working Group, chaired by the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Mr. Eoghan Murphy, T.D., in his former role as Minister of State at the...
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (18 Apr 2018)
Shane Ross: The issue raised is a matter for the National Transport Authority (NTA) and I have forwarded the Deputy's question to the NTA for direct reply. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a response within ten working days.
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Fares (18 Apr 2018)
Shane Ross: As Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. However, I am not involved in the day to day operations of public transport, nor decisions on the issue of rail fares in any part of the country. Following the establishment of the National Transport Authority (NTA) in December 2009, the NTA is the...